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Tuesday, October 22, 2013 PRESIDENTIAL SEARCH

Applegate on campus Third presidential candidate to speak at open forum today Amber Emery Argonaut

Protecting pedestrians

In continuing the search for the next University of Idaho president, James Applegate, consultant and philanthropist for higher education and former vice James Applegate president of strategic impact for the Lumina Foundation is on campus today as the third of five finalists for the position. Applegate is visiting UI campuses across the state this week and will host an open forum on the Moscow campus at 9 a.m. in the Administration Auditorium and at 3:30 p.m. at the 1912 Center today. During the last five years, Applegate worked as a member of the executive team at the Lumina Foundation — the largest foundation in the United States dedicated to improving higher education. Holiday Hart McKiernan, Lumina Foundation chief of staff and general counsel worked closely with Applegate at Lumina and said his effort to meet the foundation’s goal

UI takes steps to improve pedestrian safety, creates plans to renovate major crosswalk areas

SEE Applegate, PAGE 5

Crosswalks to be renovated View plans for renovation of crosswalks at 6th Street in front of Theophilus Tower and Deakin Street between the SUB and the VandalStore at www.uiargonaut.com.

Tony Marcolina | Argonaut

Students cross 6th street between classes Monday on the crosswalk in front of Theophilus Tower. UI Parking and Transportation is working on plans to put in new crosswalks on 6th Street in front of Theophilus Tower and on Deakin Street between the SUB and the VandalStore. Construction will begin the Monday directly following Spring Commencement 2014.

Ryan Tarinelli Argonaut

A student walking around campus glued to their smartphone or distracted while listening to music is not a rare sight at the University of Idaho. But Moscow Police Lt. Dave Lehmitz said these habits can lead to dangerous situations if students aren’t paying attention. “Usually what happens is you have a pedestrian that is not paying attention, where the pedestrian will be walking down the road and just make a right turn and walk out into the traffic

Class, comp evaluation underway

and get hit,” Lehmitz said. Lehmitz said bicyclists and pedestrians are at fault for the majority of crosswalk accidents. “In the last month, we’ve had two bicycle accidents involving bikes and vehicles, and those resulted in the bicyclist actually being cited,” Lehmitz said. With concern for student safety, the University of Idaho has plans to construct safer walkways on campus, in response to heavy pedestrian traffic. Carl Root, director of parking and transpor-

tation services, said the two areas of concern are on 6th Street in front of the Theophilus Tower, and on Deakin Street between the Student Union Building and UI VandalStore.

Renovation features

The two walkways will have a raised roadway, street divider and cobblestone walkway — among other features — that are intended to slow vehicles down.

Kaitlyn Krasselt Argonaut

ASUI resolution supports religious head coverings in Idaho photo identification Amber Emery Argonaut

Rebecca Beesley, a University of Idaho student, who wears a religious headscarf, went to the Department of Motor Vehicles in Moscow recently to renew her identification. She was turned away when she was asked to take the headscarf off and refused to do so. “She covers her hair for religious reasons and they told her that they could not permit her to wear it in her DMV photo unless she was willing to get a note from her religious leader,” said ASUI President Max Cowan. Cowan said Beesley was not sure if she had been discriminated against or if the law granted the DMV the right to ask for written verification of a person’s religion. “I felt really discriminated against,” Beesley said. “It also made me feel like my religious rights were being damaged. I

Kaitlyn Krasselt Argonaut

In September, the University of Idaho Office of the Vice President for Finance and Administration announced an additional review process for the university’s classification and compensation system. Now, those additional steps are being put into effect with a set of seven committees that will review the position classifications for UI staff. Each committee will focus on a specific area on campus. The seven committees are departmental support, financial support, information and technologies, leadership SEE EVALUATION, PAGE 5

Staben to speak Fourth presidential candidate to visit campus Thursday

SEE pedestrians, PAGE 5

Resolution for representation

Committees begin review of position classifications

PRESIDENTIAL SEARCH

George Wood Jr. | Argonaut

Rebecca Beesley, a 44-year-old non-traditional UI student, was denied a driver’s license for refusing to take off her religious head-covering for her identification photo. would not even mind if the lady Idaho policy requires religion verasked why I wear that, but to force ification for those who want relime to get documentation as to gious accommodation in driver’s why I wear a headscarf ... it should license photos. have been enough for me to say it In response, Cowan authored a was for religious reasons.” resolution that was introduced at When Beesley approached last Wednesday’s senate meeting Cowan and the student defender that asks the state legislature to to ask for clarification on the ease restrictions on religious head law, it became apparent that no laws were breeched by the DMV. SEE RESOLUTION, PAGE 5

Chuck Staben, provost and vice president for Academic Affairs, will be the fourth candidate to visit the University of Idaho as one of the top five Chuck Staben finalists for the next university president. Staben will be on the Moscow campus Thursday for his turn in the hot seat at open forums at 9 a.m. in the Administration Auditorium and 3:30 p.m. at the 1912 Center in Moscow. Staben has held his current position at the University of South Dakota, since 2008. Prior to that, he worked at the University of Kentucky for nearly 20 years. Brian Rymond, professor of biology at the University of Kentucky, was on the hiring committee in 1989 when Staben was hired as an assistant professor. Rymond said he and Staben worked closely together SEE Staben, PAGE 5

IN THIS ISSUE

Bendeck and Ramos Salazar win regional doubles championship. sports, 6 News, 1

Sports, 6

Opinion, 9

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